Information Governance discussion 6

Chapter 15 – According to Crocker and Smallwood, cloud computing represents one of the most significant paradigms shifts in information technology (IT) history, due to an extension of sharing an application-hosting provider that has been around for many years, and was common in highly regulated vertical industries like banks and health care institutions.  The author’s knowledge from their research continues to assert that, the impetus behind cloud computing lies in the idea that it provides economies of scale by spreading costs across many client organizations and pooling computing resources while matching client computing needs to consumption in a flexible, real-time version. 

Q1: Even with this great news about the benefits of cloud computing applications, the authors have warned the business user community regarding the dangers associated with cloud computing applications.  Please identify and name these grave dangers/risks that pose as concerns, and briefly support your discussion.

Chapter 16 – Microsoft’s SharePoint server product dramatically altered the content and records management (RM) markets.  Crocker (2015), edited by Smallwood research indicated that previous to SharePoint solutions were somewhat cumbersome, managed large quantities of documents, and required extensive implementation efforts for each business application.  Given all its stated capabilities, SharePoint may be used effectively to help business organizations to govern their information.  However, in order to achieve those benefits, the implementing organizations must take a structured approach to the deployment of its SharePoint environment.  

Q2: Our case study authors have indicated that, for SharePoint deployments, “an ounce of prevention truly is worth a pound of cure.”  Why is that?  From our chapter reading, identify and briefly state why the authors were inclined to believe so?